I’ve been working in Master Data since I graduated college about 3 years ago. I had a marketing degree but a company interned for offered me a job I couldn’t refuse (cool modern office in the city, other young employees, pay and benefits etc). And I hated it for the 2 years I was there (made way worse by Covid), but I was so lucky to find a job better in every way, including international travel, no expectation of unpaid OT, no dumb gossipy boss, it had everything. And I was still miserable despite everything. I was completely incapable of focusing enough to do the job, And while I don’t care about being bad at my job the anxiety around going into every meeting and being asked questions about topics I didn’t comprehend at all was just billing me.
So, today I gave my notice. My boss was as kind and understanding as she has been throughout and is willing to work with me on how long I stay on (I don’t want to leave them hanging because they’ve been good to me, also I could really use a few more of these paychecks lol.
So now I’m trying to figure out what’s next. Only job I ever liked was tutoring, might try to do something with that or coaching basketball, I really don’t know. All my life I did internships, got good grades, did everything right to get the good corporate job. And I just couldn’t stand it, even when everything Around the work is good. Maybe I’m an idiot, but I need to pursue work I care about, I need to try to be happy